Dress waist and dress skirt ensemble



Dec. 6, 1949 P. JOE, sR' 2,490,136

DRESS WAIST AND DRESS SKIRT ENSEMBLE Filed Aug. 14, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet1 Fig. 8.

Inventor Peter Joe, 5r.

Dec. 6, 1949 P. JOE, SR 2,490,136

DRESS WAIST AND DRESS SKIRT ENSEMBLE Filed Aug. 14, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet2 Fig. 6.

I mlentor Peter Joe, 8r.

Patented Dec. 6, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE! DRESS'WA-IST ANDDRESS'SKIRT ENSEMBLE Peter Joe, Sn, Crenshaw, Miss.

Application August 14, 1947', Serial No. 768,660

' 3 Claims. (01-... 27-10;)"

This invention relates to novel dress waist and dress skirt ensemble forwomen, and the primary object of the invention is to provide such anensemble in which simple and efiicient means is provided to support theskirt from the waistline of the wearer and at a higher length when thewearer is in a standing position, and to sup- :port the skirt from thehips below the waist-line of the wearer and at a lower length so thatthe skirt will not climb above said higher length when the wearerassumes a sitting position.

A further object is to provide an ensemble of the above kind in whichthe supporting means embodies waist encircling .bands carried by thewaist and the skirt, the waist encircling band of the skirt beingadjustable :as to girth and coacting with the waist encircling band ofthe waist to support the skirt at the higher length.

The exact nature of the present invention will become apparent from thefollowing description when considered in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the ensemble as it appears while bein wornwith the skirt supported from the waist-line of the wearer and at thehigher length;

Figure 2 is a view somewhat similar to Figure 1 showing the skirtsupported from the hips below the waist-line of the wearer and at thelower length;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the-waist;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the skirt;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on line 5-5 of Figure1; and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on line -66 of Figure2.

Figure '7 is a plan view of one of the bands.

Figure 8 is an enlarged view of the ends of one of the bands.

Referring in detail to the drawings, B is a ladys dress waist of theblouse or any desired type and construction, said waist having ametallic body encircling band 5 secured on the inside thereof slightlybelow the waist-line. The band 5 may be formed of spring wire and bentto provide hook and eye means 6 at its meeting ends to fasten it aboutthe body of the wearer. To secure the band 5 in place, a cloth strip 7may be disposed over said band and sewed to the waist. An opening 8 isprovided in the waist to facilitate insertion or removal of band 5 andconnection or disconnection of its ends.

which is disposed a metallic body encircling band H]. Al; the sides ofits upper portion, the skirt is split, and the edge portions of theskirt along the splits are overlapped as at I l and adjustably connectedby buttons 12 and button-holes 13 so that the upper edge portion of theskirt may be adjusted as to girth. The band Ill is formed of spring wireand bent to provide a hook l4 and eyes l5 at its meeting ends tosimilarly adjust said band and fasten it about the body of the wearer.An opening 1 6 is provided in the skirt to facilitate insertion orremoval of band I0 and connection or dis-connection of its ends.

When the ends of band H] are connected, its inside diameter is less thanthe outside diameter of band 5, so that by disposing band In at thewaist-line and above band 5 as shown in Figures 1 and 5, the skirt willbe supported at the higher length as desired when the wearer is in astanding position. B disconnecting the ends of band Hi, the skirt may belowered to the lower length and supported from the hips below band 5 asshown in Figures 2 and 6. When the latter is done, the skirt will notclimb above the hi her length when the wearer assumes a sittingposition.

The buttons 12 engaged in proper ones of the buttonholes I 3 willprovide the proper girth at the upper edge of the skirt so as to insuresupport of the latter from the hips when the ends of band H] aredisconnected. When the sk rt is raised and the ends of band I0 areconnected, the girth of the skirt at its upper edge is reduced so as tosupport the skirt from the waist-line. the band 5 preventing downwardmovement of hem 9 and band I0.

From the foregoing descri tion it is believed that the construction,manner of use and Pdvantages of the present en emble will be readi yunderstood and appreciated by t o e ski l d in the art. Minor changesare contempl t d. such as fall within the scope of the invention asclaimed.

Having described the claimed as new is:

1. A dress waist and dress skirt ens m e or comprising a dress wa st ofthe type which extends a short dist nce below the waist l ne, a metallicbody enci c ing band secured on the in side of said waist slightly belowthe wa st-l ne. said band having means at its meet ng ends to fasten itabout the body of the wearer, a dress skirt having a hem at the to and ametallic bodv encircling band disposed in said hem, said skirt beinginvention, what is S is a dress skirt having a hem 9 at the 0D in splitat the sides of its upper portion and provided with means along theedges of the splits to connect the portions at opposite sides of thelatter and adjust said upper portion of the skirt as to girth, thesecond named band having means at its meeting ends to adjust the same asto girth and to fasten it about the body of the wearer, the insidediameter of said second named band. being less than the outside diameterof the first named band when the ends of said first and second namedbands are connected, so that by disposing the second named band at thewaist-line and above the first named band, the skirit will be supportedat a higher length, the girth of the skirt at the top being such as tocause the skirt to be supported from the hips below the first named bandwhen the ends of the second named band are disconnected and the skirt islowered to a lower length.

2. The construction defined in claim 1, wherein the Waist and skirt areprovided with openings REFERENCES CITED The following references are ofrecord in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 461,128 Lang et a1 Oct. 13, 1891911,583 Focht Feb. 9, 1909 2,087,763 Liebmann July 20, 1937 2,390,462Rosenberg Dec. 4, 1945

